John Fairbairn, a Canadian Olympian competing in the Skeleton, has an awesome helmet! Original (plus other great helmets) found at Behold the awe-inspiring beauty of the Canadian skeleton team’s helmets. And here’s Fairbairn with an

I just love the individuality of all those faces. Original image found in Yahoo article, Chimp Genetic History Stranger Than Humans’. And for a nice piece on animal subjectivity, see Brandon Keim’s Being a Sandpiper:

A fire tornado! Tesla coils playing music! Exploding microwaves! That’s the X-Labs at the University of South Florida, a student initiative to promote science and engineering. Take stage production, add in social media skills, and

Today I was speaking with my graduate students on the basic format of a peer-reviewed paper, and how following that format will help with the inevitable criticisms that come from peer review. I immediately recalled

Kelli Hayes, a graduate student in my Neuroanthropology class, brought this wonderful brain cake in for everyone yesterday. She made the frosting from marshmallow fondant – marshmallows, powdered sugar, and water – providing an icing

Bad enough that we anthropologists have to compete with the clothing line Anthropologie. Now real competition shows up, a genuine cultural phenomenon. Anthros are becoming furries in popular internet parlance – anthropomorphized versions of humans.